The survey found that Trump is now trailing in nearly every hypothetical head-to-head matchup with other candidates, and his favorability ratings have plummeted in the last month by 14 net percentage points.

The deep postgame analysis of Clinton’s skit included an NPR breakdown of how she addressed her problems with authenticity and elitism, the timing of her verdicts on Keystone XL and same-sex marriage, her onetime perceived nomination inevitability and her age.

Thanks to Trump, we now know that many Republican voters eat up that stuff, like a take-home box from Golden Corral that never makes it home. Well before that exchange, a few of the former governor’s allies here were pushing for the campaign to make use of George Bush.

The same day Walker bowed out of the race, one of his state campaign co-chairs signed on with Marco Rubio. While stepping aside, he urged others to quit, too – suggesting that a smaller pool of candidates would be better positioned to take down Republican front-runner...

Donald Trump’s inaugural sit-down with late night host Stephen Colbert was far from the bout expected from two of the nation’s leading comedians, one of whom happens to be the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.

But as much as Trump is trying to build up his proposal where almost half of Americans would pay no federal income tax, his rivals are urging voters to compare it to the alternatives. Trump unveiled a controversial tax plan at the start of the week. “It is also the most...

They round out the top three in the Quinnipiac poll, though Fiorina is tied for third with Marco Rubio in the Fox News survey at 9 percent, and she came in fourth place at 11 percent, behind Jeb Bush, in the Bloomberg’s sample of Republican voters.

USA leadership of the worldwide Brotherhood of Teamsters voted this week to withhold an endorsement of Democratic presidential nomination front-runner Hillary Clinton and any other candidate in 2016, a big blow to Democrats who have counted on union support in national elections...